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September 2020 Agent Pitch Event
Wednesday, September 09, 2020 to Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Category: Events
September 2020 Agent Pitch EventRegistration is closed.
Agent Pitch Event dates: Tuesday, September 8 - Monday, September 21, 2020 (see timeline below) Tentative list of participating agents Members can pitch one unpublished (and never self-published), completed, polished women’s fiction (see below) manuscript. Soon after, agents reply to the posts they would like to pursue. This is a free, members-only event, but to give the agents a chance to focus on each pitch, the event is capped at 100 registrants. See information below to prepare yourself to be eligible. Important! WFWA's definition of women's fiction is novels that have, at their core, a plot driven by the main character's emotional journey. They may belong to one or more subgenres, including romance, historical, suspense, #ownvoices, mystery, Southern, science fiction, or many others. Pitch Event elements
Schedule of activities leading up to the review of pitches by the agentsTuesday, September 8: Participants register Thursday, September 10 - Sunday, September 13: Participants post their pitches in the online forum; all pitches must be posted by midnight EST on September 13, 2020. Monday, September 14 - Monday, September 21: Volunteer committee members review pitches to ensure they meet program guidelines and that the protagonist’s emotional journey is clear in the pitch. Those members whose pitches don’t adhere to program guidelines will be contacted and given twenty-four hours to make the corrections needed. Friday, September 25 - Sunday, October 4: Agents review pitches in the forum and request additional materials for manuscripts of interest to them. How participants are selectedThis event is capped at 100 participants. To facilitate as many of our members as possible in pitching their manuscripts to agents, slots for this event will be assigned in the order below. Only members who have participated in a recent Prepare Your Pitch event are eligible for Agent Pitch Events.
For each of the groups above, if we have more registrants than availability, a lottery approach will be used. Click here to read more about why we chose to move to a lottery approach and details on how it will work. Special Notes
Questions?Please email [email protected]. |